Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 1.

Hello America, welcome.

It is Eric Erickson here across the nation, and it is a huge, huge day in the legal system of the United States.

The phone number, if you want to be on the program today, 877973-725.

It is safe to say that today is an extremely historic day.

The United States Supreme Court today in a six to three decision called Students for

Fair Admissions Inc. versus President and Fellows of Harvard College has eliminated affirmative

action as part of a college admissions process for both public and private institutions.

It is a huge decision.

Chief Justice, John Roberts, wrote the decision.

Now, you must recall that the Chief Justice of the United States several years ago,

in a case authored about affirmative action that did not go the full distance to getting rid of it,

Chief Justice Robert said, and I quote, the way to get rid of discrimination is to stop discriminating.

And today he gets his way. It is a remarkable case and I rarely have paper but I've printed out the decisions. I

there are several actually big decisions today and this one is remarkable.

First, the interest they view as compelling cannot be subjected to meaningful judicial review.

Harvard identifies the following educational benefits that it is pursuing, quote, training future

leaders in the public and private sectors, preparing graduates to adapt to an increasingly

pluralistic society, better educating its students through diversity, and producing new

knowledge stemming from diverse outlooks. The University of North Carolina points to similar

benefits, namely promoting the robust exchange of ideas, broadening and refining understanding,

fostering innovation and problem solving, preparing, engaged in productive citizens and leaders,

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